PROGRAMME

MIROIRS

JOHANNA MÜLLER-HERMANN (1868 – 1941)
String quartet op. 6

ROSY WERTHEIM (1888 – 1949)
Three preludes for Lancelot
for flute, violin, viola and cello

AMY BEACH (1867 – 1944)
Theme and variations op.80
for flute and string quartet

Join us for a drink at the end of the concert to celebrate the opening of the Festival!

DISTRIBUTION

MATHILDE CALDERINI, flute
MONA QUARTET

MATHILDE CALDERINI

A talented young flautist, Mathilde Calderini is the winner of several competitions: First Prize at the prestigious Kobe International Flute Competition in Japan, First Prize at the Buffet Crampon Competition, Best Young Talent Prize at the Maxence Larrieu International Flute Competition, and Adami Classical Revelation of the Year 2012. Mathilde Calderini studied flute with Claude Lefebvre at the CRR in Paris, then with Sophie Cherrier and Vincent Lucas at the CNSM in Paris. She then went on to study with William Bennett and Samuel Coles at the Royal Academy of Music in London. It was under the guidance of Paul Meyer and Eric Le Sage that Mathilde Calderini developed her passion for chamber music. She is a member of the Ouranos Ensemble, a variable-geometry wind quintet currently in residence at the Fondation Singer-Polignac, which won the First Prize and Audience Prize at the Lyon International Chamber Music Competition. Mathilde pursues a solo career throughout Europe and Asia. She also performs in recital and chamber music with Renaud Capuçon, Nicolas Angelich, Paul Meyer, Edgar Moreau, Aurèle Marthan, Guillaume Bellom, Sylvain Blassel, Agnès Clément, Denis Pascal, Marie Chilemme and others. In February 2020, Mathilde was appointed Principal Flute of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

MONA QUARTET 

Founded in 2018, the Mona Quartet was born from the meeting of four young musicians from the four corners of the world. Based in Paris, the quartet had the chance to train with eminent teachers such as Günter Pichler at the Escuela Superior Reina Sofia in Madrid and François Salque at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, and to benefit from the advice of Luc-Marie Aguera, Mathieu Herzog and the Modigliani Quartet. These influences have been decisive; it is also the encounter with artistic personalities such as Éric Le Sage, Emmanuel Pahud, Paul Meyer, Abdel Rahman El Bacha and Kyril Zlotnikov on the occasion of various collaborations that has influenced their musical path. The quartet has performed in the great classical concert halls of Paris on a number of occasions, and has also appeared at prestigious festivals. The quartet won the 3rd Tremplin de la Phiharmonie de Paris and was awarded the Méjan and Orangerie de Sceaux prizes at the Ravel Festival. They are also artists in residence at the Fondation Singer-Polignac in Paris, Proquartet-Centre Européen de Musique de Chambre and Britten Pears Young Artists for the 2022/23 season. They were also in residence at the Villa Musica Foundation in Germany and at Dimore Del Quartetto in Italy. Aware of the need to maintain their commitment to alternative venues for young audiences, hospitals and disadvantaged groups, their partnership with Proquartet and Live Music Now is also particularly close to their hearts.

EGLISE SAINT-CÔME-SAINT-DAMIEN DE LUZARCHES